The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-04
THOSE EXCURSION RATES.
The Letter to the Managers of the
Big Railroads.

Big Railroads.
Secretary Forhan, in accordance
with instructions from the Board of Di-
rectors Of the Chamber of Commerce,
has issues the following letter to the
managers Of the Union Pacific and
| Denver & Rio Grande Western. The
correspondence will most likely reach
number OF the eastern railroads:
SALT LAKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 2, 1887.
Dear Sir:-At meeting of our Board
of Directors held last evening the fol-
lowing resolution which explains itself,
| was passed.:
| WRereds, The increasing prosperity of
| our community and the rapid spread of
| information concerning the extTaordi-
nary resources and attractions of our
city and Territory have aroused wide
/ spread curiosity and desire to become
more intimately acquainted with the
advantages we enjoy, throughout the
eastern and,middle States, as 8 evident
from the numberless letters of inquiry
submitted to US by our secretary and
from the numerous notices constantly
given US Cy the press of the country,
| anG
| Whereas, The extraordinary Rttrac-
tons of our locality and its hitherto
little known aud uncOnsidered resources
should entjlle US 10 no little considera-
ton on the part of the Union Pacific
and Denver & Rio Grande Western
Railroads, to whom We lock for the pro-
lection and advancement of our inter
| ests, and
Whereas. The claims of other local.
| ties less favored by nature than ours are
be ng generously recognized by the
trunk lines of railroads in the east in
the granting Of excursion ra, es to the
cities of the Pacific Slope and Oregon,
Resolved, That our secretary be, and
! he hereby Is, instructed to correspond
with the managers of said Union Pa
cific and Denver & Rio Grande West
| ern Railroads with view to obtain
ing from them, in their own interest
and ours, $35 round trip excursion
rae from the Missouri River to Salt
Lake. to take effect January l, 1888.
tickets to be good for four months from
date of issue, and to be issued coltin-
uously during the season of 1885,"
! 1t Is hardly necessary to call your at
tention to the claims Of Salt Lake In
this connection, for surely the man
| ayers of the railroads passing through
or near our city are cOgnizant of the
| advantages we possess in the way of
climate. minerals, and materials for
| building and manufacturing purposes
| With few months investigation, We
| have grown to realize how vast are our
opportunities, and feel convinced that
| nowhere in the United States can petR
be found for Utah IN undeveloped re-
sources and natural attractions.
Our Chamber of Commerce has
| or used a hitherto unfelt enthusiasm
throughout the Territory, and the peo-
pie have awakened to the fact that de
veiopment is all that is needed for the
assurance of superlatively prosper
GUS future. The feeling aud conviction
0egotten at home have spread through
out the Eastern and Middle States, aud
muititudes who were before iucredu-
lous are no longer asking, Can any
good come out of Utah?' Many new
citizens have already been added to our
population, and letters are being re
ceiVed daily fro all parts asking for
further Information concerning our re
sources. Our visitors have all grown in
terested, and every stranger gives
the assurance that Salt Lake is
at present the best advertised
city in the United States, and
that all are looking IN this direction.
You will, therefore, appreciate our ear
nest desire to afford the t ousands of
restless home-hunters and would-be in
vestors an opportunity to examine our
resources and view our attractions.
If our city is not, it shout be, a
metropolis, and il can becou 30 only BIZ
growing from without, Give US but a
fraction OF the population that has
been added to the cities of the Pacific
Coast during the past few years with
the money added, and our Territory
would be greater source Of wealth ~
the railroads than California will ever
be. Aid US in developing our mines
and utilizing our raw materials for
manufactures, aid US by sffording those |
who would ne anxious TO visit Us and
learn what We can OFF, an opportunity
of doing so at reduced rate, do for US |
what you are and have been doing for |
the far west, and in a few years you will !
not love US least though you may have |
turned to US last.
Our chamber intends to aid in organ |
izing excursions IN the eastern cities |
next summers If you accede to our |
wishes now our intentions will become |
better known and we can do more effec- |
live work when the time for action ar
rives. Announce to the public that |
Salt Lake is to be q terminal point for !
excursions during the season of 1888, |
making the round trip from the !
Missouri River $35, and in 1889 you will |
have more travelling to Salt Lake than |
to the Pacific Coast. We feel Convinced, |
from the information we already |
possess, that your. compliance with our !
wishes in this regard will be generously !
compensated in the growth Of travel !
that will necessarily result from the |
spread OF information regarding our !
city and Territory. Hoping to hear
from you as early as possible, remain |
Yours, respectfully,
NJ FoPUAN Secratarv